"No child, Barack Obama does not go around killing babies in mommies' tummies."

This was our discussion at my supper table last night:

"Mommy, my friend told me that Barack Obama goes around killing babies in mommies' tummies," says daughter-of-mine (dom). She is visibly upset.

"What?!" I cry, shocked about what I had just heard.

"My friend said Barack Obama kills babies in mommies' tummies. I told her it was a lie! But she said it wasn't a lie!" She's looked for confirmation that is, indeed, a lie.

"Well, that's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Barack Obama does not go around killing babies in mommies' tummies."

At this point, husband feels the need to say "Doctors do."

DOM looks at him with wide, horrified eyes. I yell at him, "You shush it right now!"

I changed the subject. I realize the world we live in, I am not blind. I know there are ignorant and cruel people out there. It is cruel to tell your six year old that the President goes around killing babies in mommies' tummies. You might as well tell your kids the President is the boogieman who is coming to eat you (i wouldn't be surprised if that's what Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck tell their kids if they have them).

I'm not even mad the accusation was made against our President. I've heard the accusation before. I've heard other moms go through this. As supporters of President Barack Obama, we have been under constant attacks from the right wing nut jobs. However, even though I knew it was a possibility it still shocks and disgusts me.

My six year old is too young to know about abortion. She's too young for me to try to explain the complexities of that particular issue. I'm all about giving her truthful answers to questions she asks. However, there are topics I feel should be off-limits until she's older. These are children for goodness sakes! Is nothing sacred anymore? Shall we not shield them from some things in the world? I would like the topic of abortion to be off-limits until she's like 12. Then I'll be forced to discuss it with her when she comes home and tells me her friend is pregnant and is sneaking off to the "women's clinic." Okay, that is cruel of me to say and I sincerely hope it never happens.

I realize this mom probably told her daughter this nasty bit of information so that her daughter will come to school and tell all her friends. I would love to give this mother a piece of my mind. But today is the last day of school and I usually do not see her, so I guess I won't get to. How would she feel if I told Morgan to tell her friend I said people who say bad things about Barack Obama hate black people?! It's extreme. About as extreme as the lie her kid is passing around the playground.

There are some sick, sick people in this world. Maybe I should home school.